<< Background >>Digitisation is the key word now for all sectors of our economy and so it is for the VET providers. Every department can go digital:-Communication: website, social networks…-Sales: e-business, e-platforms for calls for tender…-Education and training: learning management systems, videoconferencing tools, digital contents…-Supports: Business analysis systems, Cloud, Collaborative tools…The Covid-19 crisis even accelerated the global digitisation of all sectors. According to McKinsey study (July 2020), 55% of customer interactions are now digital over EU and the digitisation of customer interactions has been accelerated by 3 years. The same study is pointing that 50% of the products and/or services are now partially or fully digitised across EU and this digitisation has been accelerated by 7 years.Common belief is that digital learning is cleaner than regular face-to-face training activities mainly because it is reducing transports and paper consumption. Transports represents about 16% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and paper production 0.6%. The digital sector is responsible for 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions (Ademe 2021) and the sharp increase of digitisation suggests that this carbon footprint will double by 2025. Digital sector greenhouse gas emissions are generated by equipments (computers, smartphones, tablets…) 47% and data centres 53%.So far, the VET industry priority is to digitise and to develop digital learning but it’s not taking the environmental impact of this massive digitisation into consideration. In order to effectively support VET providers into this strategic and organisational changes, it is important to start thinking and elaborating clear process and methodology on how to implement sustainable digital training process and how to develop sustainable digital contents.<< Objectives >>To meet the following priorities:-Reducing the environmental impact of digital learning-Supporting green digital skills for VET providers-Contributing to innovation in VETThe GREEN IT for VET providers (GIVE) project aims to develop a clear first methodology for VET providers on the environmental impact of digital learning. To do so, we must be able to define the lifecycle of a digital training course. Our objectives are to:-Implement the 1st study ever made about the VET industry professional practices regarding digital learning development and implementation in order to define:oThe life cycle of a digital training courseoEnvironmental impact of the professional practicesoEnvironmental impact of the pedagogical practices-Develop green skills of the VET providers with the creation of a whitepaper about Green IT for the VET industry & the development of a digital training on how to create digital training taking into consideration its environmental impact -Increase VET sectors awareness of the environmental impacts of this massive digitisation and the importance to support teachers and trainers with good practices and green digital skills<< Implementation >>We are going to implement the following activities:1 – Study about the environmental impact of digital learningAnalyse and study of the VET industry professional practices regarding digital learning development and implementation to define: -the life cycle of a digital training course-the environmental impactTargets Groups of the project are:-VET providers: Teachers and trainers (schools, universities, apprentices’ schools, training organization …) -Learners: Students, apprentices, job seekers, trainees, etc.-Digital learning providers: digital contents publishers, technological solution designers (apps, learning management systems…)-Other VET industry stakeholders: Professional hubs, Public bodies, training financing organizations, etc.The environmental impact of digital learning study will be done through:-Electronic questionnaires-Participation to meetings, round tables & seminars-Face to face interviews with expertsWe expect to reach 300 participants during the study on both national and international side. 2 – Digital training course for VET providers and digital learning providers about the environmental impact of their professional and pedagogical practices.The digital training course will include 3 webinars with national or international experts on the topic of environmental impact of digital learning. The whole duration will approximately last 10 hours. Contents will be available on a free access basis on My Green Training Box platform in each language (EN, FR and PT). The digital materials will be created according to the results of the study about environmental impact of digital learning in order to deliver a digital training acting as a good practice and example of what is a digital training course taking Green IT into consideration. 3 – Implementation of a pilot digital training The project digital contents will be tested by the project target groups, it will be done at two levels: T1: During this 1st testing phase, participants will have to answer some evaluation questionnaires about their overall experience with the digital contents and learning environment. We expect to test the digital trainings on about 200 participants and get about 80% of them to be satisfied or completely satisfied with it. Evaluation will be done using the Net Promoter Score (NPS) method to also measure the likeliness of participants to promote our digital trainings to their pairs.T2: This 2nd testing phase will be organized with at least 20 EU VET providers. This testing phase will be divided in 3 steps:-Evaluation of internal digital practices before the training-Participation to the project full digital training -Evaluation of internal digital practices after the trainingThe aim of those evaluations is to obtain user’s friendly and efficient digital training materials that will meet our project expectations.<< Results >>Tangible results after 14 months:1// The first comprehensive study amongst the EU VET industry about the environmental impact of digital learning. 2// The Training programme of a digital training in three languages (English, French and Portuguese), including:- Learning objectives- Modules- Assessment methodTangible results after 24 months:1// The first whitepaper about the environmental impact of digital learning in three languages (English, French and Portuguese), including:-The life cycle of a digital training course-Environmental impact of the professional practices-Environmental impact of the pedagogical practices-Decision making tips2// One-pagers (infographics) including the most important data and key topics of the study in three languages (English, French and Portuguese).3// Digital training about the environmental impact of VET providers professional and pedagogical practices in three languages (English, French and Portuguese), including:- 3 webinars- 10 motion design videos- 10 podcasts- 10 text documents- Assessment materialsApproximate duration: 10 hours.Assessment materials will include a self-evaluation grid to enable to assess the environmental impact of a digital training before or after its release. Digital training will be available on My Green Training Box platform.4// Development of the testing phase evaluation phase methodology and materials.5// A comprehensive evaluation report including all the testing phase results.Intangible results:- Increasing the digital green skills of teachers and trainers- Increasing VET industry awareness of the environmental impact of digitisation - Instilling Green IT good practices into VET industry